Face the Music 6.28.18

Celebrating Songwriter Spencer Williams {1}

Arkansas Blues

James P. Johnson piano solo 1943

West Indian Blues

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1923

Haitian Blues

Fats Waller player piano roll 1923

Snakes Hips

The Georgians 1923

I Ain’t Got Nobody

Fats Waller piano solo 1937

It Feels So Good {1}

Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams 1929

Tishomingo Blues

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1928

Achin’ Hearted Blues

Willie the Lion Smith & his Cubs 1937

Royal Garden Blues

Bix Beiderbecke & his New Orleans Lucky Seven 1927

Fireworks

Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five 1928

Shimme Sha-Wabble

Bud Freeman & his Famous Chicagoans 1940

I’ve Found a New Baby

Lester Young Trio 1946

Everybody Loves My Baby

New Reformation Jazz Band 1999

I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll

Anthony Braxton-Stewart Gillmor Duo 1996

Face the Music 6.21.18

Summer Solstice Poem

Sunflower Slow Drag

{Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden 1901}

played by Richard Zimmerman

The Rocks

Mary Lou Williams 1938

Skunk Hollow Blues

Johnny Hodges & his Orchestra 1939

Bullfrog Moan

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang 1929

Mole in the Ground

Holy Modal Rounders 1964

Blueberry Rhyme

James P. Johnson 1943

Back to the Land

Lester Young Trio 1946

with Nat King Cole & Buddy Rich

Summertime

Billie Holiday & her Orchestra 1936

with Bunny Berigan & Artie Shaw

Nuages {Clouds}

Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France 1940

avec Hubert Rostaing et Alix Combelle

I’m Looking for a Little Bluebird

Jelly Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers 1930

tuba solo by Billy Taylor

Swamp Blues

Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1927

At Sundown

Bud Freeman Trio 1938

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

Frankie Newton & his Orchestra 1939

with James P. Johnson at the piano

Warmin’ Up

Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra 1936

with Roy Eldridge, Buster Bailey,

Chu Berry & Big Sid Catlett

June Bug {Lester Digs}

Lester Young Sextet 1949

with 24 year old drummer Roy Haynes

Robbins’ Nest

Illinois Jacquet & his All-Stars 1947

featuring composer & pianist Sir Charles Thompson

East of the Sun {West of the Moon}

Wardell Gray with Joe Swanson & his Orchestra 1946

FACE THE MUSIC 6.14.18
Rollin’ Numbers

Smashing Thirds
Fats Waller piano solo 1929

Novelette in Fourths
George Gershwin player piano roll 1919

Tea for Two
Willie the Lion Smith 1939

Blues in Thirds
Earl Hines 1928

Four or Five Times
Jimmie Noone & his Apex Club Orchestra 1928

Six or Seven Times
The Chocolate Dandies 1928

Parallel Fifths
Frankie Newton & his Cafe Society Orchestra 1939

Six Seven Eight or Nine
Hot Lips Page & his Band 1944

Two Tone Stomp
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang 1928

The Fives
Jimmy Yancey 1939

Original Dixieland One Step
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen 1951

Three’s No Crowd
Bud Freeman Trio 1938

Forty Six West Fifty Two
Chu Berry & his Little Jazz Ensemble 1938

A Tip on the Numbers
Slim Gaillard & his Flat Foot Floogie Boys 1941

Seven Come Eleven
Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Charlie Christian 1939

1-2-3-4 Jump
Flip Philips 1944

Twelve Minutes To Go
Illinois Jacquet 1946

Face the Music 6.07.18

Concentrating
Willie the Lion Smith piano solo 1939

Railroad Blues
Luckey Roberts piano solo 1958

Mule Walk
James P Johnson piano solo 1943

What’s the Use of Being Alone?
James P Johnson & Fats Waller with
Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds 1928

Saint Louis Shuffle
Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra 1927

The Man From Harlem
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra 1932

Old King Dooji
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1938

Everybody Loves My Baby
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Zonky
Mary Lou Williams & her band 1940

Stealin’ Apples
Fats Navarro & Wardell Gray with
the Benny Goodman Septet 1948

Exercise in Swing
Lester Young with
Johnny Guarnieri’s All-Star Orchestra 1944

If Dreams Come True
Billie Holiday & Lester Young with
Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra 1938

Who?
James P Johnson with
Frankie Newton & his Orchestra 1939

I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
Louis Armstrong & his
Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra 1930

Doggin’ the Dog
Big Joe Turner with
Willie the Lion Smith 1940

My Fightin’ Gal
Hot Lips Page Trio 1940

Twenty-Four Robbers
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Stomp in F
George Shearing 1939